Michel Juvillier

Master of ceremony

Michel Juvillier Founder, Juvillier Conseil France Michel Juvillier has almost 25 years of experience acquired in the French advertising industry. In 1992, he began his career at the newspaper Liberation for six years. In 1994 he launched the internet ad activities of the newspaper. In 1998 he joined Microsoft/MSN and spent almost ten years in various sales management roles. In 2008 he founded his own activity of consultancy, training and business development for publishers and advertising technology companies. In 2009 he introduced in France the first programmatic technologies for publishers (SSP - Sell Side Platform): Pubmatic and Improve Digital. Michel is recognized as a leading online advertising expert. Today, he’s working closely on different key subjects for the actual ad industry as: adblocking, data marketplaces, off-line programmatic. Several ad tech and media companies collaborated or collaborate with him : Caradisiac / La Centrale, Se Loger, Prisma Media, Le Bon Coin, TGI / Kantar Media, Ividence, Rue 89, Orange, Pubmatic, Improve Digital, Groupe Marie-Claire, Têtu, New York Times, Turner, Adwanted, Vidcoin, Smart Ad Server, AlephD, Eyeota plus many more. Michel lectured at several French business and engineer schools (ISG, EMLV, IPAG, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées). He is well known for his active collaboration with French professional advertising associations (IAB, EBG, UDA…) and think tanks (Hub Institute).

Yousif Al Fara

Head of Marketing - AlJazeera MENA & Regional Channels

Prior joining Al Jazeera Yousif worked in a number of regional and international advertising agencies last being TBWA, during those years Yousif has managed to acquire a breadth of experience marketing brands and products from various industries that range from Automotive, Sports, Financial sector and so on. Yousif moved to Al Jazeera in 2014 and since 2016 he has been heading the regions marketing section managing a portfolio of the Network’s brands such as Al Jazeera Arabic, AJ+ Arabi and Al Jazeera Mubasher. Yousif has a bachelor degree from the American University of Dubai and an MBA from the University of Bradford.

Peter Handy

Managing General Partner of Star Media Group and CEO of Advantix Digital

Peter is the managing General Partner of Star Media Group and CEO of Advantix Digital, one of the United States’ first digital marketing and SEO firms. Advantix Digital is a five-time Google All-Star putting them in the top 0.5% of agencies in the U.S. He is credited with building Star Media into the largest radio investment-banking firm in the world. Star Media has completed approximately $20 billion worth of transactions during the past 14 years for hundreds of different companies including the 15 largest radio groups in the country; the foregoing represents transaction volume, which is greater than all of Star Media’s competitors combined. Based on his work with Star Media as well as his extensive experience in managing radio properties, Peter is considered one of the foremost experts in the media field. He is also an angel investor in startups

Tasasha Kelly

Tasasha "TK" Kelly is a Marketing Strategist who has spent more than 15 years partnering with executives, entrepreneurs and digital experience owners generating hundreds of millions of dollars for their brands. When it comes to building a successful digital plan, she emphatically believes a winning framework must be built upon data intelligence, personalization and divergent content. The base formula isn't exactly magic, but this along with her digital expertise and ability to tap into the talent around her, has landed TK in leadership roles with major corporations like Hilton Worldwide, Blue Cross Blue Shield and AT&T.
TK received an MBA with a specialization in Marketing from Keller Graduate School of Management. She currently works at AT&T as the Associate Director of Product Management, where she is responsible for driving the adoption of digital platforms for enterprise and small business customers. This unique role drives millions in cost savings out of the business, allowing AT&T to reinvest in innovative technologies that produce new revenue streams for the company.
She enjoys traveling, learning languages and trying new recipes using her recent fascination with Instant Pot.

William Gallahue

Head of online marketing for Bouncie

Will currently heads online marketing for Bouncie where he's in charge of promoting and evangelizing their revolutionary device. Bouncie is an app and OBD connected car experience built to simplify your auto life with location, diagnostics, driving data, alerts, boundaries and more. Prior to joining Bouncie, he served as director of performance marketing for the award winning Advantix Digital agency with previous stints at Hilton Worldwide and Fahrenheit IO. Will is a frequent speaker at digital events and has contributed to many US media on topics related to Digital Marketing

Michalis Michael

Founder and CEO of London headquartered DigitalMR

Michalis Michael is the founder and CEO of London headquartered DigitalMR: a next generation market research tech company with focus on using Artificial Intelligence for Customer Insights. His particular expertise entails Social Media Research, Big Data Analytics, and Customer Advocacy. Primarily focusing on digital research, Michalis has worked with numerous blue chip multinational corporations at headquarters, regional, and local country levels, including Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Coca Cola, Tesco, Saxo Bank, Nielsen, and TNS. Michalis has extensive experience in the FMCG, Retail, Financial Services, Healthcare, Telecoms, and Automotive industries.
An aerospace engineer by academic background, Michalis has been in marketing research consulting since 1991 when he started his career working in Cyprus and Saudi Arabia. He has lived and worked in numerous countries since then including Poland, the USA, and the UK. He received his business training through courses at Harvard Business School and London Business School.
Michalis is the author of the Social Media Listening series on ESOMAR Research World Connect as well as numerous DigitalMR eBooks, and has presented at various industry conferences, including: ESOMAR MENAP 2017, ESOMAR LatAm 2017, IIeX EU 2017, Sentiment Analysis Symposium 2017, LT-Accelerate 2016, IIeX NA 2016, ESOMAR Summer Academy 2016 etc.

Bahia Nar

Communication and social media expert and trainer

"As a communication and social media expert and trainer, Bahia began her career working in the best Tunisian communication agencies where she worked for Tunisian major brands
and gained experience that she now transmits as a teacher and trainer.
She decided to work with non-profit organizations and institutions as an expert in communication and social networking and as a trainer."

Bunmi Banjo

Head of Brand & Digital Skills, Google Africa

Bunmi is a management professional, currently leading Google's Brand initiatives in Africa, including the company’s effort to equip millions of youth and SMEs with digital skills .
Prior to joining Google, Bunmi worked in the financial services and petroleum industries. She has also founded and co-founded companies including The Keyline Group in Chicago, an advisory firm that provided business support to African SMEs, and Fezah, a live music app developed in Uganda.
Bunmi holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, USA and a B.Sc. Honors degree from the University of Toronto in Canada.

Reine Essobmadje

President of Digital Economy Committee at Cameroonian Business Council named GICAM - Co-founder Digital Coalition

Reine Essobmadje holds a Global Executive MBA from IE business school Spain with an additional program in Ethics & Corporate Governance from SMU Singapore. She is also an Engineer by training (Master of sciences), graduated in 2004, from ECE Paris (she has been introduced in School Hall of Fame) including an additional program in Management from Stafford University in UK.
With a double culture (African and European) Reine advocate for the added value of ICT4Dev in various sectors (finance, education, agronomy...), while in parallel being involved in scientist and women organizations.
Her activities focus on women and youth entrepreneurship, workforce diversity, diaspora role in development and women in STEM
▪ President of Digital Economy Committee at Cameroonian Business Council named GICAM (Groupement Interpatronal du Cameroun) and member of Women CEO Committee
▪ Member, WIE Committee (WomenInEngineering) at WFEO (World Fed of Eng Organizations)
▪ INWES Africa – Chair of Advocacy committee
▪ Member of Club 21e Siècle / Diversity
▪ Co-Founder Digital Coalition (Ex ICT4MDG (Hackathon, ICT days, Master Class, Entrepreneurship, Think Tank)
With the intent of using ICT to achieve inclusive and sustainable development Reine is also the promoter of ICT days under the brand name “ICT days Africa 4.0” launched in Cameroon in 2010, and the Hack4Cause series including (Hack4Afrik and Hack4Girl) through her NGO Digital Coalition. She is also co-organizer of the African Digital Woman Award patron by Dr Hamadoun Touré former ITU SG.
As an Entrepreneur, she is the founder of Evolving Consulting in Cameroon and France in 2009.
The company covers ICT and telecommunications projects in Africa and Europe with the vision to adapt international best practices to each local context for prestigious customers like World Bank, ITU, ICT Ministries, Regulatory Board and private sector in France, Mauritania, Cameroon, Congo, Burundi, Gabon ...
As an international consultant she has conducted various studies in ICT including :
▪ World Bank consultant for Central African Backbone (CAB) and WARCIP Projects in Congo, Gabon, Mauritania, Burundi and Cameroon (Broadband Strategy, PPP, Cyberstrategy, ICT legal framework, Fiscal & Tariffs on Telecom sector, …)
▪ ITU (UN agency for Telecommunications & ICT) Expert

Amine Bentahar

Chief Digital Officer/Partner at Advantix Digital

Amine Bentahar is the Chief Digital Officer/Partner at Advantix Digital, a 5x Google All-star and Inc. 5000 digital agency, which services clients ranging from Fortune 500, to startups throughout the United States and Canada. Amine has helped many brands transform their digital presence and is a consultant to major retailers in the US and Canada. He is also the co-founder of Authentic Moroccan, the #1 eCommerce marketplace solely dedicated to providing 100% made in Morocco furniture, decor, accessories in the USA. Amine is also a Partner at TudioWeb, a Moroccan web and digital agency. Prior to that, he was a General Manager at TutorGroup, an EdTech company backed by Alibaba. During his time there, he managed a team of 40+ in Silicon Valley and Asia. He also worked as the head of eCommerce and Marketing at the Apparel Group, and was responsible for the huge success of Enro.com, an award-winning ecommerce site. In addition, Amine has worked for Fortune 500 companies, including Hilton Worldwide and Microsoft. He is also the first Moroccan-American to be a member of the prestigious Forbes Agency Council and he has been featured on Forbes, Huffington post and other US and international media.

Thebe Ikalafeng

Founder & Chairman Brand Africa

THEBE IKALAFENG IS ARGUABLY THE FOREMOST GLOBAL AFRICAN BRAND AND REPUTATION ARCHITECT, ADVISOR AND AUTHOR. Named one of the 100 Most Influential Africans by New African Magazine, he has summited Mount Kilimanjaro and been to over 70 countries across Africa and the world.

Mamadou Doumbia

Chairman & Lead Designer EEDEE / Mentor The Tony Elumelu Foundation

Christopher Engman

CRO / CMO CLIMEON

Christopher Engman is the CRO/CMO for the fastest growing Heat Power company in the World Climeon. Heat Power is becoming one of the top three renewable energies in the World together with Solar and Wind. Over 50% of all energy in the World is wasted as heat. This source is a renewable baseload. Prior to Climeon Christopher was the Founder and CEO of Vendemore, the first Account Based Marketing company in the World being named a Gartner cool vendor and with a big part of the biggest B2B companies in the World as clients. Christopher is also soon launching the book Mega Deals which is a book about how the World’s largest B2B deals are made from a sales and marketing perspective. The book is based on observations from 100+ Fortune 500 companies and 50+ interviews with people from Africa, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Oceania, North America, South America who have made +10 MUSD deals and often even +1 BUSD deals.

Stephane Scheyven

Business Development Director Contagious

“After graduating from the European Business School in London, Stephane helped launch Xtreme Information (now Ebiquity Plc) in 1997. Stephane moved back to Belgium after having spent 13 years in London and has since 2004 been head of European business development for Contagious Communications. Contagious offers an intelligence platform, dedicated consultancy, quarterly magazine and live events across the globe. Focussing predominately on marketing and brand innovation, Contagious champions brave, innovative creativity across the industry, and equips advertisers and agencies to achieve creative excellence. “

Mounir Jazouli

Mounir Jazouli has a degree in Marketing from the National School of Business and Management (ENCG Agadir). He started his career in a food‐processing company before he joined BMCE Bank Group (Leading African Banking Group) in 2003. He is currently the Communication & Media Director. Prior to his election as President in 2014, Mounir served one term as Vice-President of the Moroccan Association of Advertisers. He is active in the affairs of a number of professional organizations, including past service as President of the OJD (Organisme de Justification de la Diffusion) and the Moroccan Association of Brands (Club des Marques au Maroc). Mr Jazouli is currently Executive Committee Member in the World Federation of Advertisers, Board Member of CIAUMED (Media Measurement) , Advertisers Representative in the OJD and also Member of The National Observatory for enhancement of the image of Women in the Media.

David Okeme

Chief Commercial Officer, SystemSpecs/Remita

David Okeme is a multiple award-winning professional. His career of more than two decades, with Unilever, has spanned several countries and cultures, leading many successful initiatives in both traditional and digital marketing.
He is passionate about brighter life for African Consumers and one of his pet projects is listed in the Guinness Book of records. He recently joined Remita, a FinTech Company, as Chief Commercial Officer, where He is leading the building of an Omni-Channel Payments infrastructure, and products that enables seamless and secure payments across Africa.

Valérie Dagand

Chief Digital and Data Officer - ‎VINCI Autoroutes

Valérie Dagand is a specialist in e-commerce and multichannel strategies for 18 years. She has developed an high expertise in digital transformation for large groups.
In 1995, she began her career with the MONOPRIX GROUP and launched the first e-commerce projects and digital services. Then, she joined HAVAS as an Internet Account Manager andaccompagnied luxury brands as DIOR PARFUMS, GIVENCHY, LE BON MARCHE in their first steps on the web.
In 2000, she was in charge of the digital business transformation of LE PRINTEMPS (KERING) and run large digital projects with the others brans of PPR (FNAC, CONFORAMA, LA REDOUTE….).
Benefiting from this vast experience, she worked for the cultural and digital transformation for PARIS AIRPORT as a Marketing and Digital Officer.
Since 2012, she helps board directors to move to the digital age in creating in own consulting business named DATA MARKETING INSTITUTE. In particular, she oversaw the foundations for Vinci Autoroute's digital transformation as a Chief Digital Officer.
She is also President of the professional network, Cyberelles since 2010. She is graduated from ESCP EUROPE.

Dr. Laura Sophie Dornheim

Head of Communications eyeo GmbH

Dr. Laura Sophie Dornheim holds a diploma in business informatics and gained a PhD. for her research on women in leadership positions.Throughout her career she has gained almost 20 years of work experience with different digital businesses. One of her first jobs was with at a large German publishing house, where she helped building up their back then new websites. Laura stayed in the digital business and at eyeo now oversees the communications department. For eyeo she advocates for ad blocking as a user's right, which at the same time allows publishers to monetize their content. Laura is also the spokesperson for Flattr, eyeo’s micropayment service. At Flattr she promotes sustainable funding for digital content.

Dorothy Ghettuba Pala

CEO Spielworks Media

Dorothy Ghettuba is the Co-founder and C.E.O of Spielworks Media Ltd – a regional leader in content creation, production, distribution and broadcast. In seven years since inception, Spielworks has produced award winning properties; 15 Television Shows, over 20 shows for the web, and over 40 movies for Television.
Dorothy is also the co-founder of KEJA an online subscription video on demand (SVOD) streaming platform.
Dorothy is dedicated to developing creative talent, creating quality content and telling authentic African stories that resonate and engage audiences.
Dorothy honors include:
• Business Daily Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2011 and 2014
• Top 40 Under 40 Women in Film in Africa
• Msafiri’s Top 50 Business People in Kenya.
Dorothy is an alumnus of The Bucerius School of Global Governance in Hamburg, Germany and a 2016 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow. She is a graduate of the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies SEED program andshe is dedicated to telling the African story.

Maggie Ireri

Has over 15 years’ experience in market research, business development, marketing and field operations. Has multi- sectorial experience – media, education, health, telecommunications, manufacturing, banking sector, in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana, Zambia, Mozambique, Somalia and Nigeria.
Has been instrumental in the set up of the largest sports marketing company in Kenya.
Social Media Awards (SOMA) Winner: Corporate Social Personality (2017)
Chairperson of the Marketing Society of Kenya (2015/2017)
Council Member of the Marketing Society of Kenya (2013-2015)
Awarded “The Marketing Society Warrior” status (2011)
Consecutive appearance on the highly acclaimed list of “Top40 under 40 women” (2011 and 2012)
Awarded the Eddie Shultze award for contributing to the development of research methodologies in Africa (2006).

Scott Thwaites

Senior Sales Partner Manager, MENA @Twitter

Scott manages Twitter’s sales partnerships across MENA. He is responsible for managing Twitter’s sales partners across MENA to deliver healthy growth. Prior to Twitter, Scott worked for Ad Dynamo in South Africa, where he was the head of Twitter’s Advertising Operations and played a fundamental role in the setup and running of Ad Dynamo’s Twitter Ad Sales Partnership in South Africa.

Julien Cavailles

Regional Commercial Director @Buzzeff Middle East

Julien is the Regional Commercial Director of Buzzeff Middle East Africa, a leading online video advertising platform helping brands and advertisers to achieve effective digital communication strategies. He is advocating throughout the the region for brand safe and viewable advertising on high quality online environments.

Folake Ani-Mumuney

Global Head Marketing and Corporate Communications, ‎FBN Holdings President of ADVAN, The Advertiser’s Association of Nigeria

The infectiously amiable Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney is a seasoned marketer and communicator who brings to bear a total management actionable vision to her role as captain of the highly demanding marketing and corporate communications group of FirstBank, the number one banking brand in Nigeria. She previously served as Chief Marketing and Communication Officer for the Dangote Group, the largest conglomerate in Africa. Prior to this, Folake had responsibility for Brands, Policies and Communications for British Airways PLC across the Europe & Africa region. Folake holds a first degree in Philosophy, a second degree in Law and a Diploma in Business Computing Systems Analysis and Design. She is the President of Advertisers’ Association of Nigeria (ADVAN), an Honorary Member of The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK, a member of the National Institute of Marketing Nigeria, and serves in an advisory capacity to many organisations on strategy and marketing communications issues. She was appointed to the Board of FBN Insurance Brokers Ltd in 2017. An alumna of the prestigious Harvard Business school, Folake chairs or co-chairs a handful of private sector and NGO Boards, and her appointments to select committees, such as the Presidential Committee on Efficiency, enable her contribute meaningfully to the public sector. She is happily married with three children and currently lives in Nigeria.

Salim Cheikh

Amine Bennis

Hassan Rouissi

Sanaa Bousbai

Joel Karubiu

Reda Taleb

General Manager at Officium

Asmaa Fenniri

CDO Salafin - BMCE Bank of Africa Group

Nabil Abouzaid

Managing Director, Ipsos Morocco & Algeria

Fabian Staechelin

Business Development Manager at eBay

Mr. Fabian Staechelin is a Business Development Manager at eBay focusing on cross-border trade. He has been a driving force in establishing a partnership between ITC and eBay which aims at connecting SMEs in developing countries to consumers in Europe and the US. He has worked in the past 2 years to gain support for this initiative internally at eBay and has been advancing the cause of e-commerce for development externally as well. Currently, Mr. Staechelin is running a pilot project to on-board sellers in Kenya onto the eBay platform with the objective of proving the value of cross-border e-commerce for businesses and entrepreneurs in Africa.

Soumia Chraibi

Communication & Public Relations Director at Palmeraie Development and Palmeraie Industries & Services

Soumia CHRAIBI is Communication & Public Relations Director at Palmeraie Development and Palmeraie Industries & Services .
She is Secretary General of the Group of Moroccan Advertisers.
From 2009 to 2013, she was Communication and Public Relations Director at Mazagan Beach Resort. She began her career as a journalist at "La Vie Eco" then Marketing Manager at Wafabank and Head of Institutional and Commercial Communication at the National Office of Electricity.
Soumia CHRAIBI is an engineer and graduate of the higher management cycle of ISCAE and CESA Marketing of HEC Paris in Marketing and Business Development
Since March 2010, she is a member of the promotion committee of the destination Morocco in the National Confederation of Tourism. In March 2015, she was nominated by Tourisma Post as the woman of the year in the tourism sector in 2016.
She is also vice-president of the Tourism Women's Club

Fatima-zahrae Haouach

Hello there ! I am Fatima Haouach, and I am a Storyteller.
For the past 2 years, I have been proud to call Google my home; helping companies in the Middle East and North Africa grow online.
This adventure has lead me to advise 450+ companies of all sizes on their digital strategy, and be part of their success journey.
Beyond Digital, I see myself as an engine for growth for people around me, and thrive when hosting events and conversations that enable it. This love for sharing has led me to speak at events such as YouTube Creator Days.
As long I know that my contributions help myself, my clients, and those around me to grow, then I know I did my job.